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account

/ account /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the quality of taking advantage
"she turned her writing skills to good account"
Type of:
profit gain
verb Sense 2
keep an account of
Kinds of:
credit balance overbalance debit compound
Derived:
calculation computation figuring reckoning computing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
"I can''t account for the missing money"
Type of:
declare
Derived:
explanation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 4
a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
"he asked to see the executive who handled his account"
Type of:
relationship
Kinds of:
brokerage account bank account short account
noun Sense 5
a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
"they send me an accounting every month"
Type of:
statement financial statement
Kinds of:
capital account profit and loss profit and loss account suspense account expense account
Derived:
calculate
verb Sense 6
be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
"Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 7
importance or value
"a person of considerable account"
"he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"
Type of:
importance
noun Sense 8
the act of informing by verbal report
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble"
"by all accounts they were a happy couple"
Type of:
informing making known
Kinds of:
summarization summarisation indirect discourse direct discourse direct quotation
Derived:
report cover describe
noun Sense 9
a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
"the explanation was very simple"
"I expected a brief account"
Type of:
statement
Kinds of:
simplification accounting reason justification exposition
Derived:
report describe answer for explain
noun Sense 10
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
"he paid his bill and left"
"send me an account of what I owe"
Type of:
statement financial statement
Kinds of:
electric bill hotel bill medical bill doctor's bill phone bill
Derived:
invoice calculate charge bill
noun Sense 11
a record or narrative description of past events
"a history of France"
"he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"
"the story of exposure to lead"
Type of:
record
Kinds of:
ancient history etymology case history historical document historical paper
Derived:
chronicle
Domain:
history
noun Sense 12
grounds
"don''t do it on my account"
"the paper was rejected on account of its length"
"he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
Type of:
reason ground
verb Sense 13
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
Type of:
inform
Derived:
explanation description report study written report
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 14
a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"
"the story was on the 11 o''clock news"
"the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
Type of:
news
Kinds of:
newsletter newssheet bulletin dispatch despatch
Derived:
write up report cover describe
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
14
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
84
Times Searched
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Related Words

profit gain credit balance overbalance debit compound declare relationship brokerage account bank account short account